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Life-threatening tension pneumothorax during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
1Department of Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, South Wales.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
We report an instance of life-threatening tension pneumothorax during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Such complications are rare but can be catastrophic without rapid intervention and management. The introduction of new technology should serve to obviate such problems in the future.